politics

Labour’s manifesto: the legal bits

April 12, 2010

Obviously all the parties’ manifestos will contain long lists of items many of which could end up as legislation. I want to focus though on some of the “pledges” that are of particular legal interest or significance. Starting with Labour’s manifesto, “A Future Fair for All“. Of most interest to me are the constitutional changes [...]

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Gordon’s speech – and law as a stick for governments

September 30, 2009

Gordon Brown’s conference speech yesterday gripped the nation, obviously – if you want to know what I thought of it politically, have a look at my other blog. A couple of constitutional and legal points emerged from it too, though. Obviously, there was his surprising (in the civil service sense – a phrase I may [...]

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Obama the law lecturer

August 1, 2008

You may need to register to read this New York Times article about Barack Obama’s time as a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School – but registration is free, and it’s not a bad read.

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